Fayyad: 'We should not give up on peace process'

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad expressed optimism about the prospects of a peace agreement with Israel, saying that "it is possible to get this process to move forward as long as there is a dialogue on the core issues," in a Channel Two interview aired on Saturday.

In the interview, which took place at the Saban Forum in Washington DC, Fayyad stated that "we can take advantage of the opportunity to get a serious political process going between the sides, as long as we discuss issues of substance."

Asked if the Palestinian people would support a peace agreement Fayyad
said that "there has been a fundamental change in the mindset of the
Palestinians" and that the Palestinian people are "fully committed to
non-violence."

Fayyad concluded that "I think its time for the expectations to be set
high" and that "we have to believe that this can happen in order for it
to happen."